East Bay ShareFest is a decentralized open collaboration in support of the SF Bay Area sharing movement. In 2014 with support from the Sharing Cities Network and Center for a New American Dream, the ShareFest was born. It highlighted a collective calendar of events spanning the month of May and brought together 30 sharing projects and organizations in solidarity.

EBSF and the Sharing Cities Network is part of an effort that's connecting people who are building cities based on principles of meeting everyone's needs, collaboration, and sharing resources. It's an effort that's providing people with ideas and tools and helping spread knowledge about what people in different places are working on.

What's Next

Attend the next organizing meeting for EBSF 2015 - the meetings are open to anyone interested in participating in or helping to organize the next ShareFest. Meetings are held at Omni Commons. Join the Facebook group to stay up to date re. dates and times.

Invite others to be a part of East Bay ShareFest 2015.

Collective Calendar submissions open early March. Watch for the submission form to have your sharing events included on the festival calendar.

Resources

Oakland Wiki has done a lot of work mapping the sharing landscape in Oakland. There are many efforts that can be highlighted and groups to do outreach to on the list! The list can also be expanded and shared with people.